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Source: Citation Appears Below Biography
Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

RUPERT CONDREY.
    Prominent among the energetic, farsighted and successful business men of
Fort Smith is Rupert Condrey. the manager of the Sterling Drug Store and the
treasurer of the Carnahan Drug Company of this city. A progressive spirit
actuates him in all that he has undertaken and the thoroughness and diligence
which he displays in his work have been the salient features in bringing him to
the point of prominence and prosperity which he now occupies. Mr. Condrey is a
native of Mississippi, his birth having occurred in Smithville in 1888. His
youthful days were spent in his native state and becoming interested in pharmacy
he matriculated in the College of Pharmacy in St. Louis and thus qualified for
his active business career. He had been engaged in the retail grocery business
for four or five years previous to taking up the study of pharmacy, but believed
the latter would prove a more congenial and profitable field and he has never
had occasion to regret the change which he made. He has been identified with the
Carnahan Drug Company of Fort Smith for the past eleven years. This is an
incorporated company. which has been the outgrowth of the consolidation of three
large drug stores and one warehouse in Fort Smith. Mr. Condrey also has full
charge of the Sterling Drug Store. of which he has been the manager since 1910
and he has been largely instrumental in developing the trade, the patronage of
this store equalling if not exceeding that of any other drug house in the city.
Mr. Condrey employs the most progressive methods and puts forth untiring efforts
to please his patrons, while his straightforward dealings and courteous
treatment are strong elements in the attainment of prosperity. There is no
feature of the trade with which he is not thoroughly familiar and in the
Sterling Drug Store he carries an extensive line of drugs and druggist's
sundries, thus being able to meet any demand of the trade.

    In 1913 Mr. Condrey was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Birne, a
daughter of H. C. Birne, and they have one son, Rupert, who is three and a half
years of age. Mr. Condrey belongs to the Lions Club and is interested in the
work of that organization which has its basis in the purpose of upbuilding the
city and advancing American ideals and standards. During the World war he served
on all the committees for raising war funds and at any time his cooperation and
aid can be counted upon to promote public welfare.


Additional Comments:
Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922


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